Sean Tubbs, Author at C-VILLE Weekly

Area home sales remain flat while prices continue to rise

The local real estate market remained relatively flat in April, May, and June, while prices continued to increase. That is reflected in the latest quarterly report from the Charlottesville Area Association of Realtors. There were 1,087 sales in the six localities covered by CAAR in the second quarter of 2025 compared to 1,100 sales the […]

Sean Tubbs | August 6, 2025

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Albemarle’s new economic development plan to get a vote in mid-August

Albemarle County is working on a new strategic plan to guide economic development efforts that will put a priority on defense, intelligence, and biotechnology businesses. This document is being put together at the same time as an update of the county’s Comprehensive Plan. At a special meeting of the Economic Development Authority on July 22, […]

Sean Tubbs | August 4, 2025

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Charlottesville wants judge to reconsider ruling that threw out new zoning code

Since February 2024, Charlottesville has processed dozens of land use applications under a new zoning code intended to increase the number of housing units in the city. All of that work was placed on hold June 30, when Circuit Court Judge Claude Worrell entered a motion of default judgment because a law firm working for […]

Sean Tubbs | July 30, 2025

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A look at planned hotel rooms in the Charlottesville area

The number of hotel rooms under construction in the United States is at a five-year low, according to data collected by the company CoStar. The publication Construction Dive reports that the number of rooms being built decreased 11.9 percent year over year in June. While the exact data for Albemarle and Charlottesville is not available, […]

Sean Tubbs | July 26, 2025

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Albemarle Supervisors update regulations on solar panels

Albemarle property owners who want to install solar-energy facilities or battery-storage systems now have an easier pathway to do so. At its July 16 meeting, the Board of Supervisors adopted a new ordinance regulating solar facilities as well as battery-energy storage systems. Under the new regulations, “accessory” energy facilities are allowed in any zoning district […]

Sean Tubbs | July 23, 2025

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Another affordable apartment complex planned for Seminole Trail

The Albemarle Board of Supervisors adopted the Places29 Master Plan in February 2011 as a vision to guide the transition of commercial spaces into areas where people could live. “There is no timeframe for the vision,” reads an introduction to the plan. “In fact, it may be decades before the area builds out in fulfillment […]

Sean Tubbs | July 18, 2025

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Despite ruling, Charlottesville has resumed taking applications under voided zoning code

The development community has filed dozens of applications under a new zoning code Charlottesville City Council enacted in late 2023 in order to increase the number of residential units that could be built and address what housing activists argue is a shortage. That future was put in doubt by a ruling in Charlottesville Circuit Court […]

Sean Tubbs | July 16, 2025

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Charlottesville seeking to continue climate action work as federal funding dries up

The second presidency of Donald Trump has come with many sudden transformations in policy as efforts are made to both limit the size of the federal government as well as eliminate efforts to move away from the use of fossil fuels. On July 7, Charlottesville City Council heard an annual report on local efforts to […]

Sean Tubbs | July 12, 2025

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Protesters demand a halt to federal influence at UVA

University of Virginia President Jim Ryan’s last day in office is July 11, and Executive Vice President J.J. Davis will take over the position on an acting basis while a search committee does its work. On the afternoon of July 4, around 400 people gathered near the Rotunda to protest Ryan’s resignation and the demand […]

Sean Tubbs | July 9, 2025

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Charlottesville pledges to restore new zoning code

The City of Charlottesville has stopped taking any applications for new development while officials figure out how to move forward after its zoning code was thrown out by Judge Claude Worrell on June 30 for a technical error. On July 1, the city’s Department of Neighborhood Development Services let builders and developers know that all […]

Sean Tubbs | July 4, 2025